• Cafés serve up cups of English

    Cafés serve up cups of English

    23/05/2009 05:00

    Students improve their language skills by engaging foreigners in caffeine-fueled discussions at English-only cafes in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. Vietnamese and foreigners gather at Drink English café in Hanoi for nightly English-language...

  • Tuition hikes must not shock society, says NA committee chair

    Tuition hikes must not shock society, says NA committee chair

    21/05/2009 05:00

    VietNamNet Bridge – The Chairman of the National Assembly’s Culture and Education Committee signals cautious acceptance of the Education and Training Ministry’s revised proposals for tuition reform. I advocate an increase in tuition at the...

  • Why does Vietnam lack teachers of informatics?

    Why does Vietnam lack teachers of informatics?

    21/05/2009 05:00

    Students do not want to become computer science teachers, while teachers of informatics feel discouraged with their jobs because of low pay and the lack of promotion opportunities. “It has really been difficult for the last few years to recruit...

  • Many students spend excess time gossiping and sleeping

    Many students spend excess time gossiping and sleeping

    21/05/2009 05:00

    Students always complain about lack of time, but spending most of their time chatting and sleeping – these are the problems of students nowadays, dubbed ‘students diseases’. At 4 pm every day, university campuses are full of students in groups of...

  • Teachers need training to boost standards

    Teachers need training to boost standards

    21/05/2009 05:00

    LookAtVietnam – Professional training of teaching and management staff would ensure higher quality of education at local kindergartens, a seminar was told yesterday in HCM City. Currently, HCM City has 56 kindergartens, both publicly and privately...

  • New tuition plan delayed until 2010-11

    New tuition plan delayed until 2010-11

    20/05/2009 05:00

    Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan acknowledged on May 20 that general implementation of the government’s new school tuition scheme will be delayed until the 2010-2011. The government’s plan for reform of education and training finance in...

  • High school students getting ready for final exams

    High school students getting ready for final exams

    20/05/2009 05:00

    VietNamNet Bridge – More than 1,000 examination sites throughout the country have been announced. However, some students will still have to travel 40 km to sit for their final exams. With the new method of organising high school final exams this...

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